1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for Tennessee House District 36
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Shirley Duer (R) won with 65.1% of the vote, defeating Eugene Turner (D) by 30.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Shirley DuerRepublican · winner
65.1%10,419
Eugene TurnerDemocrat
34.9%5,581
16,000 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET